Xu Huai's eyes widened as big as drums. It was the first time he heard such treasonous words.
What does it mean that Daqi can be without an emperor, but it cannot be without a general?
They don't take the emperor seriously. They are preparing to rebel openly!
Chen Kui arranged his wife, niece and children on the carriage.
He climbed on the horse and looked down at Xu Huai.
"The general asked me to tell you that if you want food and water, come to Zhenguan yourself..."
"You are just a waste who only knows how to hide outside the city and watch Zhenguan fall. You are not worthy of being a soldier of Daqi, why do you take it for granted to enjoy the general's support!"
Xu Huai has been guarding Tongguan for twenty years and is the highest general.
No one dared to talk to him like this.
Even the emperor was polite to him.
Chen Kui was just a lackey who betrayed the emperor and fawned on Zhan Chengyin. He dared to look down on him like this.
He clenched his fists and his face flushed.
"Shut up, you dare to disobey the emperor's order, are you preparing to rebel?"
Chen Kui turned his horse's head and smiled sarcastically.
"Want to use the imperial power to suppress me? Tsk... I advise you to save your energy!"
"When Zhenguan was surrounded by barbarians, even if the emperor sent a few days of food and grass, we soldiers would not be so disappointed!"
"Since he ascended to a high position, has he ever thought about the soldiers in Zhenguan? Has he ever thought about the fact that in this desolate land, without food and grass, 200,000 troops will starve to death?" "
He has never helped the Zhan family army with a meal or a stitch... Why does he want all the soldiers to work for him?"
"All day long, he has only thought about how to seize military power, and has never thought about whether the Daqi Dynasty will still exist once Zhenguan is lost!"
Chen Kui looked at the skinny soldiers standing at the entrance of the military camp, holding blunt weapons.
"Look at your soldiers. They are ragged and shoeless. How long has it been since they had a full meal?"
"You are willing to work for the emperor for power, but have you ever thought about the lives of the people below?"
"I, Chen Kui, am here to say that whoever is willing to follow me to Zhenguan will have enough food and water."
"Two meals a day, the staple food is steamed white rice, there are one meat and one vegetable dish, and a pot of meat soup..."
The soldiers were so hungry that their eyes were glowing green.
Hearing white rice, one meat and one vegetable, and broth.
All swallowed their saliva and stared at Chen Kui without blinking.
In Tongguan, unless a war horse died, they also ate smoked meat.
They never cooked broth.
They even had a combination of meat and vegetables for every meal.
At that moment, some soldiers couldn't resist the temptation and put down their weapons and wanted to follow Chen Kui.
But when they met Xu Huai's cannibalistic eyes,
they picked up their weapons silently.
Seeing this, Chen Kui laughed loudly and turned on the big speaker on the horse's back.
"Zhenguan Zhan's army is recruiting new soldiers, recruiting new soldiers."
"Each new soldier can receive eight kilograms of rice and four kilograms of white flour per month!"
"The deadline is three days. Those who are willing to follow the Zhan's army within three days will have their families arranged with housing and get an extra piece of cloth!"
This time, not only the soldiers, but also the families who came to watch were tempted.
These supplies are enough for a small family's monthly expenses.
Rice can be boiled into porridge, which can save more.
Many women holding children wanted to go with General Chen Kui.
If they hadn't been stopped by the soldiers' weapons, they would have run away overnight!
Yun Niang saw the wives of her husband's colleagues on the carriage.
They stood on both sides of the carriage and waved goodbye to her with tears in their eyes.
Yun Niang entered the Zhenguan City, where there was food and water, and her children would never be hungry again.
Madam Chen followed her gaze.
Several women with sunken cheeks looked at the carriage eagerly with their children.
Yun Niang explained weakly in a low voice: "These three are the wives of the ten generals. They helped me when I gave birth."
"Now that I'm gone, I don't know if I can see them again in this life."
"Aunt, can you take them with you? If they stay here, they can only wait to die!"
Madam Chen saw that the dresses they were wearing were dirty, but they were all made of silk, and the red plums and azaleas embroidered on them were exquisitely embroidered!
Although their faces were dirty, their hair was combed meticulously.
Madam Chen's eyes turned, and she waved to the three ladies, smiling kindly: "Come, three ladies, come here!"
The husbands of the three ladies were of similar status to Chen Kui.
Chen Kui was born into a family of marquis, and his family status was higher than that of ordinary soldiers. He was from a prominent family, so Madam Chen was of higher status.
The three ladies walked slowly to the carriage and saluted Madam Chen.
Madam Chen took out a handful of candy and stuffed it into the leading lady.
"Give it to the children!"
The leading lady saw that it was candy and repeatedly refused: "How can I do this?"
She knew how precious candy was as a strategic material.
Madam Chen took out three bags of five-jin rice and three bottles of mineral water from the carriage and handed them to the three ladies.
"These were originally meant for Yunniang. Since she's gone with me, the three ladies can take them back."
"In the future, if you have any difficulties, just come to me. I will help you if I can!"
The three ladies cried with joy and knelt down to kowtow to Mrs. Chen.
They hugged the water and rice in their arms tightly.
There are many children in the family, and these grains can last for a while.
Cheng Zixiao was outside the carriage, shouting bitterly: "Yunniang, don't you want me?"
"Will you go back with me?"
Yunniang lifted the curtain and saw her husband in an instant.
Her eyes were red from crying.
Mrs. Chen warned coldly.
"Do you want to live with him in those days of hunger? I will write a letter back to Beijing immediately and expel you and the child from the family tree, just as if my Lin family has never given birth to you as a daughter!"
Yunniang's name is Lin Huizhi, and her maiden name is Yunniang.
She is the eldest daughter of the eldest brother. The eldest brother values her very much. He has invited the best female teacher to teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child. She is also a well-known talented woman in the capital.
Why is she still so confusing?
Lin Huizhi didn't dare to speak again, but just asked carefully.
"Aunt, do you have any water left? Can you leave a bottle for Zixiao?"
"Don't you want to get off the carriage and live a hard life with him?"
Lin Huizhi shook her head and cried with sobs: "The child is sick. If it can't be cured, it may die!" "
She don't want to lose the child. She is still so young. She didn't drink a mouthful of milk when she was born. I am sorry for the child!"
Mrs. Chen looked at the poor child and held her over.
The child, who was almost one year old, was very light, not even three months old.
"Why is the child so thin? How can you take care of the child as parents?"
She was so angry that she took two bottles of water and a bag of five pounds of flour from the carriage and threw them at Cheng Zixiao.
"Don't die, otherwise Yunniang and the child will not forgive you!"
After that, she said to Chen Kui: "Husband, let's go!"
Chen Kui glanced at Cheng Zixiao coldly and shouted: "Let's go!"
The Qinniu team, who were ambushed in the distance by the Modao team, stood up and stared at Xu Huai and his soldiers with bows and arrows.
Deputy General Li Hu wanted to chase.
Xu Huai's hand holding the knife was still shaking. He said, "Don't chase them, go back first!"
Li Hu was unwilling to give up and said, "General, you are going to take over the town, so why let them insult you like this?"
"You can swallow this breath, but I can't."
Sooner or later, he will teach Chen Kui a lesson to avenge his arrogance today!
"Watch everyone. Anyone who dares to sneak out of the camp in the middle of the night will be killed on the spot!"
Li Hu said unwillingly, "Yes, General!"
Xu Huai walked back to the tent with a desolate and lonely back.
He held the knife in one hand and the fallen Qinnu arrow in the other.
The arrow was very long, one meter and two meters long, and the arrow tip was made of sharp steel.
His knife intercepted the arrow feathers, and there were already gaps and cracks.
Zhan Chengyin's weapons and equipment are excellent, far superior to his.
Even the Chu and Qi armies can't compare.
Is he wrong?
Zhan Chengyin, he will rebel!